tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19615843.post-69266768152078295242007-12-15T23:02:00.000-06:002007-12-16T00:16:53.672-06:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wQgEVt-N0v8/R2S5pjZ6OoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/IsmWxsNmV-s/s1600-h/Key+West+099.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wQgEVt-N0v8/R2S5pjZ6OoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/IsmWxsNmV-s/s320/Key+West+099.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144440797893638786" /></a><br />December 15, 2007<br />I have had several clients get caught in a scam this year. An owner of a trucking company; a restaurant; and one who works on boats. Most of the time it involves a foreign company. <em><strong>Sending money to get a government grant </strong></em>for a minority owned business; <em><strong>receiving a phoney cashiers check </strong></em>for too much money and the scammer asking you to send back the excess money; ordering supplies with multiple credit cards and having you pay the <em><strong>shipping to a phoney company</strong></em>. In each case the scam involves you sending or spending thousands of dollars.<br />Before you agree to send money over the phone, please talk to your accountant first. I would be able to tell you if other clients have been ripped off by the same gimmick. It hurts to see my clients <em><strong>lose typically some $3,000 </strong></em>on these phoney deals.<br /><em><strong>Be careful please.</strong></em><br />The photo above was taken on the "Liberty Clipper" on Thanksgiving day with my family, my wife Pat, myself, our daughter Andrea, and our son Daryl, in Key West, Florida.<br />Henry (CEO)Professor Taxnoreply@blogger.com